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okay...many know that I am a preschool teacher, and in the past week or so, I have heard the funniest (and shocking) shit come out of the mouths of my kids....

A few days ago a chubby little 3 yr old with a very thick southern accent came to me and told me as loud as he could (while there was a new parent touring my room):
"Miss Kristi, [That other kid] just hit me right there" (pointed to his crotch) and yelled at the top of his lungs "IN MY PENIS"

Yesterday, I was asking a 4 yr old girl about a burn on her arm...she told me that some guy that was at her cousins house did it with a ciggarrette....so, I was trying to figure out if it was an accident or if someone had intentionally burned this girl (apparently it was an accident, btw)....so I asked her "what did your mom do?" and she told me "she was in the bathroom smoking a blunt" (Of course I referred this to the school director who is taking it up with mom, it was just shocking to hear a four year old say "smoking a blunt")

Then, today...I bought a play food set with all kinds of plastic food items for our little kitchen play center, and we were going through the box and I was asking the kids what each item was. I got to the two pretend soda bottles (which were brown plastic) and asked the kids what they were and in unison, fourteen 3-yr-olds yelled out:
"BEER!"

ain't life grand....

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Parents that smoke dope around their kids and use street terms are idiots.

I have a relative that smoked around her kids (not in front of them) and invented a whole new vocabulary. I would call up and her kid would answer and I would ask where she was and she would say, "I think she is having a wad time". If pressed as to what she meant, she never quite knew what it was and knew of no other way of talking about it.
I'm not condoning said actions, I just thought that was smarter than having a kid tell a stranger that Mom was "off rolling a joint" or something
If I'm smoking (a cigarette) and you ask The Ferret what i am doing, he says, "Dad's screwing his lungs."
We are working on having him add "up" in there.

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Retards do it better www.tardblog.com

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Though kids that are allowed to address their teacher (yes, even in preschool) by their first name ("Miss Kristi") is a bad sign too.

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Yeah, they'll be sure to end up in prison and on welfare because of that.

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Yeah, lack of respect for authority has a way of doing that.

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I don't see how calling a teacher by his/her name is exactly a lack of respect for authority. It's more a matter of preference shown by the teacher in my experience.

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Perhaps because you didn't grow up in an era where forms of address connoted respect. Not a knock, just possibly not something in your sphere of reference.

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you'll damn near get hung if you call someone who outranks you by their first name in the military. Plus, it not only denotes respect but also shows professionalism. Which the American economy is seriously lacking

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The Miss title doesn't convey entitlement and authority?

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The teachers in a preschool decide how they would like to be addressed. If they choose Miss Name that does not mean they are being disrespected when called that. Last names do not inherently engender more respect than first names. Depends on the custom and agreed usage. Most preschools in my area use Miss Name, which is preferable to "teacher".

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kidz r dum

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quote:

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Originally posted by HoRiZoN
Which the American economy is seriously lacking

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oh .. and the tardblog is some seriously funny stuff .. I havn't visited there in a long rime and I was pleased to find a new drove of entries.

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Does "updedest" qualify as a fucked up thing to say?

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Originally posted by MadLucas
what do pre school-children have to do with the economy?

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I think you intended to give lucas a humor point for that comment, like I did.

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Well, since you already did, no point giving him two for one post.

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As somebody who greatly values good manners, I'd think that the "Miss" is the important part to teach the children to say. I don't recall Vypers last name, but it may be impossible for small children to say. Even if her last name was Smith, I'd be ok with a teacher asking to be called Miss Firstname. I'd be considerably less comfortable with a teacher asking to be called by only her first name and would encourage my own child to call her Miss/Mrs. whatever.

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Agreed, splAt.

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Okay. I can give you that. The Miss is the most important part.

I just still think that the tendency of everyone being on a first-name basis within moments of meeting one another is rather sad. It creates a false sense of closeness and familiarity that allows people to forget that they aren't really friends.

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i would prefer to never be called mr anything. clayton is aok. i would think that calling someone what they prefer to be called is more respectful than rules about the same. or, at least as respectful.

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I would guess that's more a product of the times we grew up in. Although I said all that above, it would make me rather uncomfortable to be called "Mr. Ozolins." Though considering I'm going to be doing some substitute teaching, I'd probably better get used to it. So yeah.

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